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dead-name

dead-name is the alternative form of deadname.

Meaning of deadname

Noun

deadname (plural deadnames)

  1. (neologism, especially LGBTQ) A previous name of a person (especially a transgender person) who has since changed their name.
    • And when people constantly refer to you as your deadname [a name that you previously went by], or use the incorrect pronouns, it really is like getting slapped with a wet fish.2014, Natalia Moorin, “My Illness Is Not Your Inspiration”, in Damsel, University of Western Australia, page 21

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Forms of dead-name

Noun
pluraldead-names
Verb
third-person singular presentdead-names
present participledead-naming
past participledead-named
pastdead-named

Questions about dead-name

What is dead-name the alternative form of?
Dead-name is the alternative form of deadname.

Words near dead-name in the dictionary

  1. dead-marches
  2. dead-melt
  3. dead-melted
  4. dead-melting
  5. dead-melts
  6. dead-name
  7. dead-named
  8. dead-names
  9. dead-naming
  10. dead-nuts
  11. dead-on

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dead-name (page history and authors); deadname (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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